diff --git a/src/tools/pgindent/perltidyrc b/src/tools/pgindent/perltidyrc
index f34ae52d37..9f09f0a64e 100644
--- a/src/tools/pgindent/perltidyrc
+++ b/src/tools/pgindent/perltidyrc
@@ -13,3 +13,4 @@
 --paren-tightness=2
 --paren-vertical-tightness=2
 --paren-vertical-tightness-closing=2
+--noblanks-before-comments